Vice President of Engineering, Architecture
- Location
- San Francisco, CA · Hybrid
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Executive
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Listed
- 23 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- distributed systems
- cloud-native architecture (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- microservices
Also useful
- event-driven architecture
About the role
This is a hands-on executive leadership role for a proven technology leader who has successfully scaled complex SaaS platforms through both technical transformation and organizational growth. You’ll own the company’s architectural vision and strategy-consolidating systems, defining core frameworks, and establishing a foundation for sustainable velocity and innovation.
This is not a role for a theoretical strategist; you’ll be an active individual contributor who can move seamlessly between long-term vision and hands-on technical execution. This role leads with influence, it is not a people management role.
In this role, you’ll get to
Technology Strategy & Execution
- Define and drive a 1-3 year global architecture roadmap that delivers on scalability, security, resilience, and performance.
- Lead the unification and modernization of systems-reducing complexity and enabling a coherent platform architecture.
- Establish and champion core architectural principles, frameworks, and patterns to guide engineering excellence.
- Evaluate, select, and introduce best-in-class technologies and tooling that accelerate developer productivity.
- Partner with the CTO to align architecture strategy with business priorities and product evolution.
Platform & Infrastructure Consolidation
- Oversee re-architecture and modernization initiatives that consolidate legacy or disparate platforms into a unified technical foundation.
- Drive alignment across multiple product lines and services to create a seamless, scalable ecosystem.
- Lead the unification of data and event-driven infrastructure, ensuring maintainability, security, and global performance.
- Balance standardization with team autonomy-establishing frameworks that scale without stifling innovation.
Leadership & Cultural Impact
- Lead and develop a global team of architects and senior engineers across the US, EU, and other distributed regions.
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and psychological safety-where engineers are empowered to innovate and deliver impact.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, DevOps, and Security to ensure architecture supports business goals and operational efficiency.
- Mentor senior technical leaders and architects, developing deep bench strength across the organization.
- Communicate complex technical decisions clearly and persuasively to executive stakeholders and non-technical audiences.
Who you are and what you’ll need for this position
- 10+ years in technology leadership roles, including 3+ years in architecture or platform strategy at scale.
- Demonstrated success in scaling and consolidating multi-product or post-M&A SaaS platforms.
- Deep expertise in distributed systems, modern SaaS architecture, and database design.
- Experience leading and influencing teams of 50+ engineers and architects globally.
- Proven track record driving system migrations, refactoring, or platform unification initiatives.
- Expertise in cloud-native architectures (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and event-driven or microservices ecosystems.
- Strong technical judgment in balancing polyglot environments with standardization.
- Experience in compliance-heavy industries (finance, healthtech, adtech, or similar) is a plus.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels-from engineering teams to the boardroom.
Additional information
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. Have 50% of the criteria? Excited about this opportunity? Passionate about what we do at CreatorIQ? Please apply! CreatorIQ is a place where everyone can grow.
Compensation, benefits, and beyond
We understand that a comprehensive benefits package plays a significant role in your overall compensation. To gain more insight into the various components of our total compensation, we invite you to review our benefits and perks
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About CreatorIQ
CreatorIQ is the operating system for creator-led growth trusted by more than 1,300 global brands and agencies.
We’re on a mission to make businesses more human, and humans more impactful. We operate by our values - be intentional, pursue excellence every day, embrace the journey together, and be a good human - every day. CreatorIQ has earned the title of best companies to work for in multiple programs, including BuiltIn LA and NY.
It’s been named a Fastest-Growing Company in North America on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ for four years, was named a leader in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Influencer Marketing Platforms for Large Enterprises in 2025, was named a Leader by The Forrester New Wave™: Influencer Marketing Solutions, and has been consistently recognized by G2 as a Leader, and is rated 5 stars on Influencer MarketingHub.
We operate in a flexible work model that combines both in-person and remote work to boost collaboration, enhance innovation, and adapt to individual work styles.
We're seeking passionate, innovative minds to join our journey. Be a part of our dynamic team and let's transform the industry together!
Who we are
CreatorIQ is the operating system for creator-led growth. Trusted by more than 1,300 global brands and agencies-including Burson, Delta Air Lines, Google, LVMH, Nestlé, and Sephora-CreatorIQ unifies creator marketing across paid, owned, earned, commerce, and community into one seamless, enterprise-grade ecosystem.
With industry-leading intelligence infrastructure, rigorous compliance and security standards, and integrations with Meta, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, and more, CreatorIQ empowers brands and agencies to harness the creator economy as a strategic growth engine. CreatorIQ is a global company headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Austin, New York, San Francisco, London, Manila, and Warsaw.
At CreatorIQ, we believe that diversity is the key to unlocking our full potential. By embracing our core values of being intentional, pursuing excellence every day, embracing the journey together, being a good human, and staying focused on what’s important, we create an atmosphere that promotes collaboration and growth. Join us to celebrate differences, innovate together, and be a part of a business that is disrupting the marketing industry.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and empowering work environment where everyone can thrive, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes us unique.
From CreatorIQ's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 17, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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